The outsourcing of industrial design services by large US manufacturing companies

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-30

  MacPherson, Alan ^a   Vanchan, Vida ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial design; Innovation; Outsourcing; US manufacturing firms

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; IMPORT; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; OUTSOURCING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

FRANCE; ITALY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73249145083     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017608330266     Document Type: Article

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